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Therapeutic Journal Writing

Journal Writing can be used in many ways and there are several techniques to learn and use. Before the techniques, there are reasons to journal. Writing the events of what happened during the day is a way of keeping track of time and space as a way of documenting to record and remember. Blogging is a kind of journaling that is public and often focused on a particular issue that concerns the writer. On a deeper level, journal writing can be utilized to work with an issue of concern, placing it on the page which both externalizes it and provides boundaries. On the page the issue can be worked with on a different level. This is a type of therapeutic writing. Writing to Heal (developed by James Pennebaker) is another type of deep level writing. Each of these deeper techniques, as well as others, benefit from working with another mind through therapy. In therapeutic journal writing, the goal is to externalize the feelings, validate and accept them, offering a path to healing.

Writing is process, life is process, learning about yourself through your life's story is a gift you give yourself.﻿ Use therapeutic writing to heal and to learn about yourself.

﻿﻿"We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect." -Anais Nin

If you have any questions, or if you want to work with me in therapeutic journaling, contact me at:

drclmft@yahoo.com

In therapeutic journal writing, technique meets need with the goal of processing and defining your story. Discover you as you write.

"﻿I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say."--Flannery O'Connor